East Tremont, Bronx

Location of East Tremont in New York City

East Tremont is a low income residential neighborhood located in west Bronx, New York City. It is part of Bronx Community Board 6. It borders, from the north and moving clockwise, East 183rd Street, Crotona Avenue, the Cross-Bronx Expressway and the Webster Avenue. East Tremont Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through the neighborhood. ZIP codes include 10457, 10458, and 10460. The area is patrolled by the 48th Precinct located at 450 Cross Bronx Expressway. New York City Housing Authority property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx.

Demographics

East Tremont has a population over 30,000. For decades East Tremont has been one of the poorest communities in America. Its steady decline began in the 1950s largely as a result of the displacement of working and lower middle class, largely of Jewish descent, residents by the construction of the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Over half the population lives below the poverty line and receives public assistance (AFDC, Home Relief, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid). East Tremont has one of the highest concentrations of Puerto Ricans in New York City. There is a small but growing Dominican population. Most households are renter occupied.

Land use and terrain

East Tremont is dominated by five and six story tenement buildings, older multi-unit homes, vacant lots, and newly constructed multi-unit townhouses and apartment buildings. Most of the original housing stock was structurally damaged by arson and eventually razed by the city. The land area, somewhat hilly, is less than one square mile.

Two NYCHA low-income housing developments are located in East Tremont.

1. Twin roads East (Site 9); one, 14-story building.
2. East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue; one, 10-story building.

Schools

Public

PS 57

• PS/MS 3: Raul Julia (East 180th St and LaFontaine Av)
• PS 23: Early Childhood (East 181st St and Washington Av)
• PS 32: Belmont (East 183rd St and Belmont Av)
• PS 44: David Farragut (East 176th St and Prospect Av)
• PS 57: Crescent/Frederick Douglass Academy V (East 180th St and Crotona Av)
• PS 58: Tremont Park (East 176th St and Washington Av)
• PS 59: Bathgate (East 182nd St and Bathgate Av)
• PS 92: (East 179th St and Clinton Av)
• PS/MS 211: Bilingual (Fairmount Place and Prospect Av)
• PS 300/MS 129: Twin Parks (East 180th St and Mapes Av)
• MS 118: William J. Niles (East 179th St and Arthur Av)

Transportation

• Bx15: to Fordham Plaza or West Harlem (via Third Avenue)
• Bx17: to Fordham Plaza or Port Morris (via Crotona-Prospect Avenues)
• Bx19: to New York Botanical Gardens or Riverbank State Park (via Southern Boulevard-East 149th Street)
• Bx36: to Castle Hill or George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via East 180th Street)
• Bx40: to SUNY Maritime College or Morris Heights (via Tremont-Burnside Avenues)
• Bx41: to Wakefield-241st Street station or 3rd Av-149th Street station (via Webster Avenue)
• Bx42: to Throggs Neck or Morris Heights (via Tremont-Burnside Avenues)
• Bx55: to Gun Hill Road station or 3rd Av-149th Street station (via Third Avenue, Limited)
• Tremont (Metro-North station)

Facts

• East Tremont is often considered part of the socioeconomic South Bronx.
• St. Barnabas Hospital forms the border between East Tremont and neighboring Belmont. It is on East 183rd Street and 3rd Avenue.